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Emile Heskey: A return to football?
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Emile Heskey has today outlined his intentions to step into the world of management. Following an 18-year playing career, the ex-England striker hung up his boots at the end of the 2015/16 season and has taken up occasional punditry duties ever since.
“Since retiring in 2016, there’s been a massive void in my life. I’ve been actively involved with grassroots coaching, punditry and veterans’ tournaments, but it just doesn’t have the same buzz. Walking out in front of thousands of fans cheering you on is a feeling you just can’t replicate”.
Despite achieving 62 caps for his country and winning 8 top-flight domestic trophies, Heskey often found himself being criticised for a lack of goals.
“Football’s a cut-throat sport. One minute the fans can be chanting your name and the next minute they can be booing you off the field. When you play at the highest level, people expect performances to be of the highest level. As a striker you are judged on goals and admittedly my return rate wasn’t good enough across my career. I felt I made up for it in other areas, by supporting my teammates, but ultimately I have to listen to the fans. I’ve been the **** of a few jokes in my time and am now even more driven to restore my reputation through management”.
We will still have to wait and see whether or not any clubs decide to take a punt on the former Leicester City and Liverpool striker, but Heskey has admitted that some initial contact has been made.
“Yes, I’ve been in discussion with a couple of clubs. Has anything been formally offered? No. I’m keeping my options very much open at the minute and want to make sure that my first step into management is the right one for both the club and myself.
So with Heskey’s name circling around the footballing world once again, how long will it be before we see him stood on the touchline?
Emile Heskey: A return to football?
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Emile Heskey has today outlined his intentions to step into the world of management. Following an 18-year playing career, the ex-England striker hung up his boots at the end of the 2015/16 season and has taken up occasional punditry duties ever since.
“Since retiring in 2016, there’s been a massive void in my life. I’ve been actively involved with grassroots coaching, punditry and veterans’ tournaments, but it just doesn’t have the same buzz. Walking out in front of thousands of fans cheering you on is a feeling you just can’t replicate”.
Despite achieving 62 caps for his country and winning 8 top-flight domestic trophies, Heskey often found himself being criticised for a lack of goals.
“Football’s a cut-throat sport. One minute the fans can be chanting your name and the next minute they can be booing you off the field. When you play at the highest level, people expect performances to be of the highest level. As a striker you are judged on goals and admittedly my return rate wasn’t good enough across my career. I felt I made up for it in other areas, by supporting my teammates, but ultimately I have to listen to the fans. I’ve been the **** of a few jokes in my time and am now even more driven to restore my reputation through management”.
We will still have to wait and see whether or not any clubs decide to take a punt on the former Leicester City and Liverpool striker, but Heskey has admitted that some initial contact has been made.
“Yes, I’ve been in discussion with a couple of clubs. Has anything been formally offered? No. I’m keeping my options very much open at the minute and want to make sure that my first step into management is the right one for both the club and myself.
So with Heskey’s name circling around the footballing world once again, how long will it be before we see him stood on the touchline?
